While we were working on the HPI Racing Mini Trophy Truck Review, just like all of our reviews, we are usually shooting some video footage, and below is the result. If you double click the video, it will take you to YouTube where you can watch it in all it’s HD goodness.

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For all the HPI Racing Mini Trophy Truck owners out there, HPI is now offering a clear version. This means you can show off your mad painting skills and get a unique look out there on the track!

Check out the HPI web site for more info.

Another one of our exlusive scoops has come true. The new HPI Racing Flux Conversion Kit for a Nitro Savage. This kit comes with everything you need except the electronics (esc and motor) to convert your Nitro Savage to a Electric Flux version! Metal gears, heavy duty diffs, steel spur gear, twin battery boxes, chassis and more! So if your looking to do some serious back flipping, you may want to start saving your $!

We LOVE our Savage Flux, and beat the heck out of the thing on a weekly basis! You can read our Savage Flux Review here.

Check out the HPI web site for more info.

We mentioned the exlusive scoop on a NEW Camaro body coming from HPI and we had our fingers crossed there would be a Sprint 2 connected with it. Well looks like we nailed it, except for the drift part! I have done some RC drifting, but never owned one. Well this new HPI Racing 2010 Camaro Drift Car makes me think I need to own one!
The Sprint 2 Drift Sport comes with hard compound drift tires, officially licensed Rays/Volk TE37 chrome plated wheels, droop screws to allow you to ‘race tune’ your suspension settings, and a ton of other stuff.

Rather have a classic Z28 instead? Check this post for the 1969 edition!

Check out the HPI web site for more info.

HPI Racing 2010 Camaro gallery

Recently we had a exlusive scoop on a NEW Camaro body coming from HPI and we had our fingers crossed there would be a Sprint 2 connected with it. Well, looks like we were close on the guess, as HPI Racing just announced the RTR Sprint 2 Sport with 1969 Chevy Camaro Z28R body. So while it wasn’t a 2010 like we had seen, we’ll still take it! The sprint comes RTR with a 15 turn Firebolt electric motor, satain chrome vintage 5 spoke wheels and treaded vintage tires.

The Camaro story does not end here, check this post for where that 2010 body ended up!!
Check out the HPI web site for more info.

HPI Racing Camaro Z28R gallery

We know a lot of the RC world has been waiting for this one! Head over to the RC Reviews section and check out our HPI Racing Mini Trophy Truck Review

It seems to make sense that a company like RC4WD would make some awesome looking wheels and tires for the HPI Mini Trophy Truck!
They have a ton of new 1.55 and 1.9 wheels and tires ready for your scale look ride. They even have some with beadlocks. These sets really look awesome, and make me think I need to stop buying generic looking wheels for my rides!

RC4WD Wheels and Tires for MTT Gallery

Make sure you visit the RC4WD site for more info and details!

Here it is folks, live and in the flesh, the HPI Mini Trophy Truck! I think it’s safe to say this is probably the most anticipated RC truck in a long time! Everywhere you go, people are talking about it, so it’s our honor to bring you this exclusive first unboxing.

First off, the packaging is amazing! Whoever designed it, give that person a raise! The way the radio and parts are ‘hidden’ inside the box so all you see is the truck in the off-road setting is really impressive looking. This look is going to sell trucks at the hobby shops!

HPI Racing Mini Trophy Truck Package Gallery

Does anyone else call it the MTT or is that pretty much just Cubby? He’s already labeled the driver ‘Mini Cubby’. He hasn’t let the thing out of his site, and rambling about how Mini Cubby is going to need a custom helmet paint job.

HPI Racing Mini Trophy Truck Gallery

A lot of buzz on the net has been about how do you get the batteries in the thing, and how do you work on stuff with the body and roll cage? We have plenty of pics to show you, click through to see the rest, so we don’t clutter the front page. Read the rest of this entry »

So while bashing at our long jump event where we watched Tim Mohr set a Long Jump record we pulled out the HPI Baja 5B! A lot of people say you can’t bash with a 5B, that too much breaks, but I think this video may prove them all wrong! Nobody could believe the durability that this truck had, and what we put it through! We landed poorly, a LOT, and even hit stuff on purpose, and it still survived! I even gave up at the end, calling it quiets, the Baja was still running fine, I just couldn’t break the darn thing! LOL.
Enjoy the video, and make sure to click it and check it out in HD!

You can hit the HPI web site if you need more info on the Baja 5B!

Racers are an insatiable bunch.  You give them a sweet ride like the Blitz and they want a high-end race version.  So you give them the Blitz ESE, which is ready to tear up tracks and win races all over the world and they want more hop-ups for it.  So what is HPI to do?  Release more hop-ups of course.  These new aluminum front suspension mounts are for those of you that want to tweak your steering response just a bit more.  The pretty orange mount is made to reduce front kick-up by 3° while the silver mount reduces kick-up by 5°.  They are ready to be bolted on to all versions of the Blitz as well as the Firestorm stadium truck.  The aluminum front suspension mounts have an MSRP of $27 and they are available now, so be sure to be bugging your local hobby shop for them.

Check in with the HPI web site for more info.

So you got a brand new Blitz, the body is pristine, the tires are shining, and the chassis is unscratched.  You wish it could stay like that forever right?  But you know the first time you run it all that new car sheen is going to be worn off and you can’t handle that.  So HPI is stepping in to help.  The HPI Blitz Chassis Protector is a heavy duty vinyl applique that will keep the scratching on your beautiful chassis to a minimum.  The chassis protector is available in black or white and features Blitz logos for added style.  It’s made to fit all versions of the Blitz, including the high-end Blitz ESE.  MSRP is $20, much cheaper than a replacement chassis, and it’s available now.

Check out the HPI Racing web site for more info.

Another HPI sneak peak! This time it’s the HPI Savage XL with a Brushless Flux Conversion! We don’t have a lot of information at this time, but it looks like for all those Savage XL owners (we love ours) if you want a Savage Flux without dropping all the $$, then you might still be able convert to one!

You can hit the HPI web site , but there isn’t any info up there yet that we have seen.

Our spy got his wrist slapped for trying to snap a picture of the new body, but at least we have the news right? It sounds like HPI Racing may soon be releasing some pre-painted Chevy Camaro bodies! Hopefully there is a a Sprint 2 Flux RTR in the works with these bodies. If not, I still look forward to getting my hands on one for the on-road vehicles! The one we saw was pre-painted black.

Check out the HPI web site for possible info on the body and others coming soon!

HPI Europe has a new brushless system that’s been built with all kinds of users in mind.  The Flux Reload Brushless ESC is a sensorless, programmable 2S Lipo, 9 cell NiMH capable unit that features three running modes: racing (brake only), reversing, and rock crawling.  So it can be used in all kinds of models in all kinds of situations.  It also has programmable brakes with ABS, drag-brake, and brake force adjustments.  Other features include a low voltage cut-off for Lipos, overheat protection, throttle failsafe, and locked rotor protection.  The Flux Reload is also easily programmable with only one button or you can use the 2 in 1 professional program card that is available separately.

HPI also has a new motor that is a perfect match for the new ESC in the Flux Shot 4300kV motor.     It’s a 540 sized motor featuring a machined aluminum heatsink case and a ball-bearing supported rotor.  The 4300kV is roughly equivalent in power to a 9-turn brushed motor.

HPI USA doesn’t have any info about these on their site, but it’s probably a safe bet that this system will make the trip over the Atlantic soon.  In the mean time check out the HPI Europe web site for more info.

Following on the little bit of video that we showed you yesterday, HPI and Gravel Crew Productions have decided to put out a much longer and cooler video of the Mini Trophy truck. Check out this, sure to be, hot ticket item in action:

There’s plenty more info at the HPI web site and the HPI Mini Trophy Forum.